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The Motion Delayed.

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-This forenoon
States Attorney Griruell called up the
motion for a new trial for the convicted
boodlers. In doing so he stated that they
had not yet had the decency to hand in
their designations, and he demanded that
they do so at once. 1t seems that the
refusal on the part of the boodlers to
resign may. under certain circumstances,
produce a deadlock hat will prevent the
levying of any taxes for the county.
Conviction of an infamous crime makes
vacant the Office held by the criminal, but
the law is SO framed that the county
board must declare that the vacancy
exists, and without the cooperation of
the boodlers this can hardly be done.
After much discussion, the counsel for
the defense succeeded in getting matters
delayed until Monday, with the under
standing that if the boodlers resign in the
meantime the time for arguing the motion
for a new trial would be put off until sep
TENDER.
The boodlers who were merely fined,
withdrew their motion for a new trial.
Commissioner LeYden was allowed to
go to his home in charge of two deputies
this afternoon on representation of his
family physician that Mrs. Leyden was
diving
, 1887-08-07
T-ELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

The Chicago wheat market closed
firm yesterday. Cash Oh, September
SO, October 70s.
There is some talk among the Knights
of Labor in Toronto as to their breaking
away from the general assembly.
The weekly bank statement shows a
reserve decrease of 81, POS, 1925. The
banks now hold Sc, 92O, $50 in excess of
the rs per cent. rule.
Ferry's seconds will take no further
steps in the matter of the proposed duel
between Ferry and Boulanger. The incl
dent seems to be closed.
The sultan of Morocco has defeated
the tribes around Teela, and has entered
the town of Rabat. The Spanish iron
clad Navarro has started for Rabat with a
mission from the Spanish government to
the sultan.
William NJ. Gibson, the deposed prime
minister of the Hawaiian kingdom, who
was tried on charges of robbing the pub.
lie treasury, and who escaped from the
island alter his acquittal, has arrived in
San Francisco.
A meeting has been called of the Ameri-
can Glass Manufacturer Association to
take place in Wheeling, W. Va, for the
purpose of considering the expediency of
shutting down all factories in the a~ssocia-
ton until Jan. ! next. If a shut down
is decided upon it will throw 5000 men
out of employment.
, 1887-08-07
KILLED AT LAUNCH.
Merry Spectators Who Find a
Watery Grave.
A Coal Dock on Which They
Stand Gives Way.
Three Persons Killed and
Twenty Badly Injured.
Fatal Accident.

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 6.-By a peculiar
accident at the launching of the steamer
VIM. 81. Wolf, at Wolf & Davidson $
ship yard, this afternoon three persons
were killed outright, several otherssfatally
injured, about twenty badly hurt and a
large number of others less seriously in
iured. About one thousand people had
gathered to witness the launch and the
docks were lined, all the vessels were
crowded and every scow and lumber pile
was black with spectators.
Directly opposite the Graded vessel was
the large coal dock of the Northwestern
fuel company. 1t is a rooted dock with
huge derricks for unloading coal. Upon
the roof of this coal shed a large number
of people had assembled. The view
from that point was a fine one, as the
vessel moved directly toward the dock.
As the Wolf struck the water her port
bulge was buried deeply in the black
water of the slip; then she recovered and
rolled heavily to port.
The water displaced, rose like a tidal
wave and swept over the coal dock and
up towards its roof, causing a cloud of
coal dust and spray. The supports of
the dock were insufficient to withstand
the force of the wave and about forty
feet OF the shed went down, and there
was wild excitement on board of the
steamer.
A scene OF indescribable confusion en-
sued, but a few cool headed people at
once set to work to rescue the people
thrown into the river and to rescue those
buried in the debris of the platform.
Patrol wagons were summoned, and
express wagons were turned into ambu-
lances and the dead and injured carried
away. Owing to the fact that many cases
of injury were not reported-the unfortu-
mates being hurried home in carriages by
trlends-it is impossible to ascertain the
full extent of the accident.
As far as known the list of dead and
badly injured embraces the following:
Dead-Ed Seerbell, aged Is, killed out
right; head crushed and body mahgled.
Chas. Wilivaz, % years old, killed by
injury to head and back. Thomas Den
lister, % years old, head crushed.
The fatally injured are: Kenneth Nc
Kay. Mrs. Marley, Frank Althofer, John
Knock, f. l.. Boerow, A. d. Whitcomb.
Henry Ehlers, Theodore Klatt and VIM.
Knock.
A number of others may not recover
from the effects of their injuries. About
a dozen people thrown into the river
were rescued by the life saving crew and
other boats. 1t is believed, however,
that the suction drew some of them un
der and the river is being dragged to-
night. Thus far no bodies have been
found
, 1887-08-07
HORRIBLE CRIME.
Nine Persons Brutally Muir
dered in Cold Blood.
The Devilish Deed of a Georgia
Stepson.
Narrow Escape from Lynching
After the Arrest.
Horrible Murder.

MACON, Ga, Aug. 6.-Information
has just been received of a most horrible
tragedy occurring last night about twelve
miles from here, in this county. The re-
port says that Capt. Voolfolk, a well
known farmer, his wife, four children and
Mrs. West, an aunt of Mrs. Voolfolk,
were found murdered in the house this
morning, having been knocked in the
head and their throats cut. Tom G..
Voolfolk, a son of Capt. Voolfolk by his
first wife, is suspected of the crime and
was arrested. The deputy sheriff and the
coroner have gone out to the scene of the
murder.
NINE VICTIMS.
Later and fuller details from the Wool
folk tragedy develop the facts hat there
were nine victims, instead of seven, as
first reported. Capt. and Mrs. H. E.
Voolfolk, six children, ranging in age
from l6 months to 20 years, and Mrs.
West, IN aunt of Mrs. Voolfolk, aged 60.
Coroner's jury found a verdict of murder
against Thomas G.. Voolfolk, son of the
Captains first wife, who was sleeping in
the house.
His statement was that some time be-
fore daybreak he was aroused by groans
and sounds of blows proceeding from his
parents room. His half-brother Richard
ran into the room, which adjeined his,
and thinking that a murder was being
committed he (Thomas) jun ped from the
window in his night clothes and bare feet
and ran to the house OF a negro, 300 or
400 yards distant, to get them to arouse
the nelghborhood. He says he was
afraid to return, fearing that he himself
would be murdered, but went back after
half ar hour, No help had arrived, and
he went in to see if the family had been
murdered. He found them all dead. He
stepped in a pool of blood in passing and
left his footprints on the floor.
he found his stepmother lying so that
her head was on the floor and her body
on the bed. He raised her up and placed
her on the bed. He then changed his
clothes. By this time a crowd had ar.
rived and soon after he was taken into
custody
The evidence before the jury was cir
cunstantial throughout. The crowd con.
tinued to grow z in size and indications
pointed strongly to a lynching. Sheriff
Westcott told the jury to withhold their
verdict until he could get the prisoner
away, and then making all arrangements
slipped Voolfolk out of the house in a
hurry and drove away so rapidly that
the crowd had hardly time to realize his
departure.
The prisoner was brought to Macon
and safely lodged in jail, where he talked
of the crime coolly, but made no admis-
slons. His motive is said to be a desire
to gain possession of his fathers property
for himself and two sisters, children of
the first wife.
, 1887-08-07
POINTS.

Ed Kaufman and Ed Cook are In Dem
yer.
Chas. Parent, London, is at-the Inter
Ocean.
Deputy Sheriff P. F. Sullivan, Lusk,
Is in town.
r. M. Sheets is in from his Spring
creek ranch.
Louis Van Eesbeck left for Ireland yes
terday morning.
City Engineer provinces has returned
from Fort Worth, Texas.
N. w. Welton, L c ranch, is regis
tered at the Inter Ocean.
DR.. D. McEachram arrived from Mon
treal, Canada, yesterday.
Root. Moore, the jolly painter, is
working at Hunton's ranch at Bordeaux.
w. w. McCombs, Pittsburg, and J.
S. Whitford, Denver, arrived last even
ing.
R. NJ. Gibson. of the Cheyenne &
Northern. arrived from Laramie river last
evening.
Calvin Fl. Frew, Geo. Wright, Paxton,
ILL.,. A. Energens and F.. Jessops, Chug;
are at Dyer's hotel.
Fred Clary has returned from the east.
He will phortly engage in a mercantile
business in this city.
Mrs. Ed Dickinson came up from Den
yer and proceeded to Laramie in her hus-
bands special car last evening.
Miss Kate Hynds, sister of Harry and
Chas. Hynds, arrived from Chicago last
evening, and will visit her sister-in law,
Mrs. Harry Hynds.
d. d. Moore has returned from st.
Louis, where be attended the grand con.
clave Of the Knights Templar and visited
friends and relatives.
Moritz Mehesy, a practical and artistic
turrier, who will locate in Cheyenne
about Sept. |, is in own making arrange
ments for quarters, etc.
F. G. Thomasson and Pitt Covert left
for HALEY, Idaho, last evening. They
will attend the annual meeting of the
grand lodge of A. o. U. w.
Mrs. Mary S. Force and the Misses f.
L. and NJ. H. Force, mother and sisters
of W. H. Force, of the Post Percheron
ranch, arrived from Brooklyn, n. Y,
last evening.
Manager Scott, of the Pullman Car
company, was a west bound passenger
last evening bound for Ogden, to which
city he has been transferred, after being
stationed at Omaha for seven years.
, 1887-08-07
Big Fire ID London.

LONDON, Aug. 6.-Whiteley's enor
nous drapery and general store warehouse
in Westbourne grove and Queens road,
Paddington, were partially destroyed by
fire this evening. The pecuniary damage
is placed at l ,l25,000. 1t is believed
that there was nc insurance on til. prop.
erty.
Several of Whitley's employees and a
score of fremen were crossing a frail bridge
which connected one of the buildings
with another, when the structure collapsed
and threw its occupants into the street. a
distance of fifty feet. Three employees
and two iremen we're killed outright. All
the Others received terrible injuries, so me
of which it is thought will prove fatal.
, 1887-08-07
The Kansas Cyclone.

ATcHIsoN, Aug. 6.-Advices received
here regarding the cyclone at Millbrook
says four persons were killed. The towns
of Hill City and Plainville also suffered
seriously. There is no telegraph station
within eighteen miles of Millbrook and
reports are meaEre.
, 1887-08-07

Ss) life are sorrowfully let
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. Ecker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 80 cents, by
, 1887-08-07
or the good things of this

Mining Location Notices at Leader office
, 1887-08-07
The Oklahoma Boomers.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan, Aug. c.
The Oklahoma boomers are again gather
ing near here, intending to march on the
territory on the 10th inst. and take posses
sion of Oklahoma. Two more companies
of United States troops went into the
territory to day to prevent the boomers
crossing the line.
, 1887-08-07

CHICAGO, Aug. 6-Cattle-Receipts
1000; market steady; shipping steers,
80. 00(G4. 10; stockers and feeders 81. 25C9
800; Texas cattle slow, 81. 6O(93.2O.
Sheep Receipts 200; market steady;
natives, 81. 5OC94. So; Western, So. OO(9
$50; Texans, So. 3O(03. 80.
, 1887-08-07
Judge Harper's Decision.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 6.-Judge Har-
per, Of the police court, has decided that
the Utah law is applicable in the District
of Columbia, and has begun a hearing of
the testimony in the case of Past Assist.
ant Surgeon Crawford, charged with i'm
proper intercourse with a girl Is years
old.
, 1887-08-07

The largest stock Of hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfine
cigars at George Mssten's well known
house, cornc Sixteenth and Ferguson
ztrpata
, 1887-08-07

DETROIT Detroit 10. Boston II.
CHGCAGo.-Chicago 8, New York 9.
PTTTsBURG.-Pittsbur ?. Washing.
ton 5.
1NDIANAPOLIs.-Indianapolis o, Phila,
delphia 5
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
The Russian Rome in Asia.

just now there are no war rumCrs
in the air, but it is settled that the
Russian headquarters in Central Asia
will be moved to Samarcand. This
means business. A foreign CORE
spondent says:
"Now, Smarcand, the Rome of Asia,
the queen city of the Oxus is to be-
come Russian IN character, as for 20
years it has been Russian by conquest
and cession. It's possession for more
than 1000. years has been accounted
the final stamp of imperial domina-
ton. Greeks, Arabs, Mongolians, U.s.
begs won it in turn. Here Tamerlane
listened to the homage of the prince
of the east. Here the devout Turani
ans knelt in dumb submission before
the sacred pedestal Of the throne Of
Timour. But no Christian had entered
it as master until the Russian kauff-
man and his men won it for their lord
the car. It is today the fairest jewel
OF his Asian crown. 1t may be once
more the queen OF the east. 1T may
again be the Holy City OF mighty
empire Now it is merely an army
headquarters and the center Of a cot
ton district"
Thus the work OF Russianizing Asia
goes on. But this IS only the beginning.
Russia's greatest achievements are
yet to come.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
The Queen of the Turf.

The Turf, Field and tarm has the
following: "The queen OF the turf is
fond of caresses. A visiting party
stood in front of the box the other
afternoon, and she walked straight to
the open door and rested her nose on
the shoulder Of one OF the young ladies.
Arms were wound around her neck
and soft cheek laid against her head
and she was tender and considerate
as a big and rough man in the presence
OF the girl he loves. Maud S. has had
a great deal Of petting, but petting
has not spoiled her. She is wonderfully
gentle under the caressing hand OF
woman. The queen never looked bet
ter at this season OF the year. She
stands squarely on her. feet and the
legs are hard, smooth, and strong
The young lady who had put her arms
around the neck of the chestnut mare
asked Mr.. Bonner for one OF her shoes
to hang up over her boudoir door.
She thought it would bring her luck.
The owner replied that he was not in
theshabit OF giving the shoes of Maud
S. away; it is the practic to keep them
so that the points where the wear is
greatest may be studied and thus act
as a guide to shoeing, but he was dis
posed to break through custom for
once. A shoe was not ready at the
moment, but he promised to send the
young lady one the verv next time the
farrier was called in. RaruS and DeX-
ter are diferentfrom the queen. Nei-
ther is sociable when visitors are
around.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
He Took His Life in His Hand

1t was once my fortune, says Mau-
rice Thompson, to see a young man
take an ak in hand and walk across
200 yards of open ground under the
fire Of 400 dismounted troopers, and
deliberately cut down a telegraph
pole. While he WAS chopping away at
the tough cedar wood ! could plainly
see the splinters whirliny away from
the pole from top to bottom, as the
whizzing bullets, aimed at him,
crushed through it or scanned its sides
with ragged scars. Near by stood q
brick chimney, where a house had
burned down; l2-pound shot struck
the pile, and it went tumbling to the
earth. scattering its bricks about,
some of them striking the young sol.
dier's leg. He did not waver. As reg
uIar rs the beat Of d pendulum was
the swing. OF that ak, and when the
pole fell friends and foes Wed together
in yelling their admiration OF the
young man as he deliberately shout
dered his ak and returned toh,s place
in his command.-Bostop Advertiser.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
Missionary Efforts Wasted.


Paris Dispatch to New York World.
DIR. Oscar Lenz, who has just re-
turned from a prolonged tour Of ex-
ploratlon in Africa undertaken in be.
half of the king of the Begians, has
included in his report to the latter
some very interesting remarks con-
corning missionary work in Africa.
They are, however, far from encour-
aging. He renders full justice to the
good intentions of the missionaries
and to the motives which impel the
Scottish and London societies to
send them out, but he asserts
that they waste large sums of
money for very small results. Ne
groes who are taught by them to read
and write mostly become unfit for
any manual occupation. They con-
slider themselves as good as the white
man, think it undignifed to toll and
when notsengaged in holdidg large and
noisy prayer meetings. at which every
man wants to take his turn at preach
ing they roam about begging and take
it very i'll If they cannotlive altogether
on doles from their white fellow Chris
tians. The European factories haze
learned to bsarare of these men and,
will not give them employment. So
most Of them end by relapsing into
barbarism and vagabondage, their
last state being worse than their Hrst,
as the renegade native convert almost
always becomes criminal.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
Addressing Letters to Ladies.

The Hartford Courant has an anx-
ious inquirer who asks: "When one
receives a business letter from a wom-
an signed, for instance, Catharine J..
Smythe, how should one address the
reply? IL is not possible to know
whether to say Miss or Mrs, and tosay
either is to be liable to blunder." The
Courant replies:
Don't say either, then. Address
Catharine J. Smythe as such. Assume
that, as she signed that way, that is
the way she wants to be addressed.
But, when it comes to beginning your
letters, 60 slow. You can't call her
Dear Madame, for she may not be
madame at all, and to call her Dear
Catharine would be rash, to say the
least. It is always possible that there
may be a forgotten Mr.. Smythe in re-
serve somewhere, and in that case, you
might regret your decision. Just write
her name and 60 on with Your letter.
leaving the dear part out altogether.
It is only conventionality of polite
ness, and there is no politeness in the
signature that has.been sent to you.
Moreover, the weIl-informed lady in
writing to g. sur anger prefixes Mrs
or miss" to her signature for the in
formation of her correspondent.
The Courant is doubtless right in
its advice. Still, we believe that in
some localities, at least, custom per-
mits person to address any lady as
madam, which, by the way, is English,
though madame is not. - :
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
White Furniture.

A writer in the New York Mail refers
to the new craze for white furniture
No sooner had we furnished our
houses in sombre colors, with dark
mahogany and early English furniture
Of black oak, which appeared worm
eaten, if it really was not, when 10!
The dealers inaugurate perfect craze
IN white furniture, light colored up
holstered goods. and from the dignifed
and aristocratic English or colonial
styles we become imbued with the
period Of Louis Quinze. However,
the dark, rich furniture is too beauti-
tul to give up without a struggle, and
fashion now dictates that those who
Can afford it shall have each room in
their residence furnished to represent
not only a distinct period, but GER
tain country as well. Thus We have
English rooms, French rooms, colo
nial, Egyptian and Japanese apart
ments, according to the purse Or fancy.
The first white room" built in New
York OF any prominence is the music
room in the Willard mansion, now
owned and occupied by Whitelaw Reid.
The floor is highly polished in light
solored woods, and the entire apart
ment is Of ivory white, picked out with
gold, and in the panels of the walls are
medallions oflutes, ribbons and scrolls
Of music. A handsome white room"
has the floor of polished wood, with
here and tbora a " ITO q Giro l. h O ,, ,,,,,
the furniture is of white picked out
with gold, upholstered in white satin
brocade; the curtains and other
araperies are Of white plush, embroid-
cred with gold; the picture frames are
white and gold, white easel stands in
one corner and a white and gold, piano
1t makes most beautiful apartment.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
Snobbery In the Navy.

A correspondent Of the Utica Observ.
er, writing from Annapolis, says:
Life in the naval academy grounds is
terribly exclusive. There are enough
people to form a pretty big society
circle, and they are clannish to such
degree as to comprise a little aristoc-
racy in themselves. The balls, OF
course, are delightful, as all the cadets
are excellent dancers and everything
is done to make the visitors enjoy
themselves. But the aristocracy OBJ
trudes itself into the ball room, and
woe be to him or her upon whom it
puts it's disfavor. Here is an illustra-
ton that occurred not many months
ago. A cadet had met a very pretty
girl in Annapolis; she dressed we'll,
talked we'll and danced we'll Every
body spoke we'll of her. but she hap
pened to be the daughter OF a carpen-
ter, an honest honorable man, but a.
carpenter. The cadet escorted her to
one OF the hops. at once aristocracy
was up in arms. Two of the man
ayers waited on him and informed him
that if he took her on the floor to
dance he would be cut by his fellows
and all the exclusives. The cadet s
manhood struggled against his policy,
but he saw difficulties ahead of him,
his name blacklisted, and his future
endangered, and so policy won and
manhood was defeated. He passed a
miserable evening, and never called on
the young lady after he had escorted
her back home. Folly, you say. Ger
tainly it is But if you want to get
into naval academy society you d
better not say it again.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-27
The UnWritten Railroad Law.

An unwritten law of railroad travel
ing, founded on courtesy and sanction
ID by custom, permits a. passenger
sho wishes to leave his seat for few
minutes to secure it till his return by
eaving therein a satchel, or overcoat,
>r even q cane. Now and then new
:omer, whose selfishness is his law,
1iolates this custom by removing the
'lgn OF occupancy, and placing himself
the seat. An amusing case of this
tort OF ILL ll-breeding is reported by the
Hartford Times:
A gentleman had occasion to leave
ais seat for a few moments at a sta
Son, and on returning found his over.
'oat and satchel removed, and his
'eat taken possession of by q young
nan and ''his best girl"
The gentleman said to the young
man, Il think am entitled to this
seat, as left articles in it while Istep-
ped to the platform for q moment"
Said the young man, ''Possession
is nine points OF the law, and I think
We will keep the seat"
"Then," said the gentleman, "will
Fou please rise, that I may get my
ambrella?"
The young man could not refuse
this reasonable request, and as he
rose from the seat, the gentleman slip.
ped into it, much to the amusement
of the other passengers.
The young man then requested his
"best grip to go with him to another
seat: In reply she said, II can't get
out"
will you RISE" said the young man
to the gentleman, land allow this
lady to come out%'
"I think not,'' said the latter. eff
possession is nine points OF the law, I
propose to avail myself of the same,
and if your friend wishes to vacate
the seat, she can step over, or in
'front.'"
She did SO without delay, causing
more than a smile from those who
witnessed the performance.